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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

COMPOUND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Distilled beverages with added flavorings and relatively highsugar content are generally referred to as compound beverages.

Liquer A liqueur is a sweet alcoholic beverage, often flavoredwith fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, roots, plants,barks, and sometimes cream. The word liqueurcomes from the Latin word liquifacere which means"to dissolve." This refers to the dissolving of theflavorings used to make the liqueur. Liqueurs are notusually aged for long periods, but may have restingperiods during their production to allow flavors toblend. There are many categories of liqueursincluding: fruit liqueur, cream liqueur, coffee liqueur,chocolate liqueur, schnapps liqueur, brandy liqueur,anise liqueur, nut-flavoured liqueur, and herballiqueur, depending upon the flavouring agents used.

Gin Gin is a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Distilledgin is made by redistilling white grain spirit which hasbeen flavoured with juniper berries. Compound gin ismade by flavouring neutral grain spirit with juniperberries without redistilling and can be consideredflavoured vodka.The most common style of gin,typically used for mixed drinks, is London dry gin.